Prepare for more occult goodness as Atlus brings another in the SMT line to America. It's like every day some Atlus exec wakes up and thinks "How can I possibly make my company more awesome?", and he always comes up with the right answer.

I didn't look at the 'sometimes controversial' link before, figuring it'd just be a link to the religion in video games bit Jeremy Parish did prior, but it actually links to a feature on the controversial elements in Shin Megami Tensei. You can read it here, but be warned: It has penis.

What has two thumbs and thinks this is the best news in RPGs in the past couple months?

This guy.

and this guy too.

Eusis showed me the trailer a while ago and it really was awesome. Watched it numberous times too and was very to import it, but since it confirmed to come to the US, I will be patient and wait for it despite me feeling tempted to already play it.

Even though I expected it'd get licensed in the US quickly, I was still very tempted to buy the import. Now, that temptation has been happily removed...mostly. :)

Oh and that 1up article said that the novel that Megami Tensei was originally based on was also turned into an anime? Is that true? I was pretty sure there weren't any animes specifically related to the Megaten series (although there are plenty with similar themes).